Idea Lawyer Blog

Stultification or Sway?

Quote of the day:Robert Jackson
"The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish."
Media literacy is squandered under the mind numbing minions of self promotion on the web: a purgatory of other people's kids/pets/pratfalls in print/ photo/video.
What of the potential for "internet journalism" ? I commend a New Yorker article entitled "Journalism without the Journalists" by Nicholas Lemann... read the "best" of "hyperlocal" journalism.... (and you thought your life was mundane).
Arguably the "opposite of Oprah" or sensationalized self-obsession, hyperlocal journalism highlights by contrast a distal point of internet-enabled free speech: a borderless venue for conscious responsive social journalism of staggering sway. How can one best use and appreciate the precious right of free speech? What is the most potent form of communication? Let us know what you think....